Mission Essential Personnel

U.S. Defense Contractor Slammed As Negligent After Employee Kills Unarmed Soldiers

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 09.11.2011

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WASHINGTON — Nasir Ahmad Ahmadi was hired to work as an interpreter alongside American troops in Afghanistan. But soldiers were alarmed by his s...

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ABC J'accuse MEP: There is no there there

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Private Military Contractor, False Claims Act, Afghanistan, Mission Essential Personnel, Business News
David Isenberg

Last week ABC News Investigative Team, including its chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross, ran a story that seemingly confirmed much of the ne...

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Whistleblower: More Than 1 In 4 U.S. Interpreters In Afghanistan Can't Speak Afghan Languages

ABC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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More than one quarter of the translators working alongside American soldiers in Afghanistan failed language proficiency exams but were sent onto the b...

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